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Flash is a device which provides additional light to a scene. It can be used to help fill in a dark area of a photo, to provide light if there isn't sufficient light to begin with, or it can help to improve the composition of a particular photo, by creating your own source of light.

Will a Yongnuo YN-622-TX operate a Yongnuo RF-605 attached to a remote YN-565EX flash, and will it allow the 622 to perform eTTL operability with the remote flash?
Also will the YN-622-TX operate a ...

Given a Profoto B1, a Profoto AIR Remote TTL-C, and some Canon 600EX-RT , what configurations work with triggering these items together.
Additional items are allowed (slave triggers, pocket wizards, ...

My setup is limited to a Canon 6D and a Yongnuo flash, but I have a feeling this may be more fundamental than just the specific combination of body and flash.
When you set the camera to movie mode, ...

I have a Metz 58 AF-1 flash. I got it new in 2010 and it has worked great. Over the last 6 months, the recycling time has gotten consistently worse and worse. Before this issue, I could usually shoot ...

I have Yongnuo RF 603NII N3 transceiver (2 pieces). I would like to know whether we can use it without connecting one piece to YN-565EX II Flash Unit i.e. one piece of transceiver will be in my camera ...

After seeing this youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh6zr3wKRV0
where famous photographers shooting with cheap cameras I wanted to try what Zack Arias dis in this video.
In short, I tried ...

I want to DISABLE the extra flash that occurs when taking pictures of a group of people. Reason is, that people start looking away after they see the first flash, that occurs to remove the red eyes ...

I am interested in shooting pictures with off camera flash. I have a Polaroid sx 70 and one medium format Yashica mat 124.
I was wondering if is it feasbile to shoot with off camera flash with one of ...

I have a simple white backdrop setup with two off camera flashes setup. One flash is pointed directly at the background to overexpose it to white. The other flash is off camera to the right, shooting ...

What's the technical challenge here? Is it more of a marketing decision to encourage you to pay more for TTL based models (let's disregard other advantages of TTL for the moment). If we can have flash ...

I'm very new to flash photography, so I apologize for the newb question. I plan on getting a Yongnuo YN-560 III speedlite for off-camera flash, but I wanted to know how I would be able to make it work ...

My flash shows its potential range in meters, but is that indoors or outdoors?
The question came up the other day when I was trying to work out whether fitting a diffusion dome would be suitable for ...

Can someone recommend a good flash with manual and TTL capability for sony alpha a6000? I am looking for flashes other than the ones provided by sony.
Also, do the normal hot shoe flashes work with ...

After using an external flash, I took it off and, when trying to use the built-in flash incorporated to the camera, it just didn't pop up.
In the menu, it tells me that the external flash is mounted, ...

I have a Nikon D3200 and an old Yahica Branded Flash that came with an old Zenit ET.
I googled for the instructions for using old flash with new cameras and found out that the excessive voltages could ...

Although I have been photographing for 3 years now, there are still areas I am fairly new to.
I really love film photography, but I also like to use flashes for portraits and such.
Of course with my ...

I'm shooting film 200 ASA.,, Three rows of family members in front of a large white lit xmas tree, with flash. Distance from first row approx.15ft.
Where should the focus on the group be?
What would ...

I found How can I use wide aperture with fill flash? and How can I use flash with large apertures? while trying to find a solution for using a large aperture to get DOF with the flash setup I have.
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I have a Yongnuo YN-568EX flash and I use it with a Nikon D7100.
If I buy another two more Yongnuo flashes of any model other than a YN-568EX, in principle will they all work together using at least ...

On my speedlight I have several settings for multi flash, mostly to do with how many flashes and how fast they are fired.
When might you use multi flash? The only thing I can think of is cases where ...